Occupy Honolulu protesters, who had been camping on the sidewalk in front of Thomas Square, began breaking down their tents this morning.

The action follows the issuance of 24-hour removal notices on Wednesday under a new law prohibiting the storage of personal belongings on city sidewalks.

City crews stood by to remove any belongings left on the sidewalk along Beretania Street and Ward Avenue. But at about 9 a.m. two city dump trucks and city crews drove away to help cleanup the sidewalk around Aala Park, where about 17 removal notices were also issued to homeless campers on Wednesday.

Only four tents remained on the sidewalk in front of Thomas Square at 8:45 a.m.

They have laws in place already that would stop this crap if they would enforce them.

02-02-2012, 11:07 PM

Adam Wood

How much "occupying" could they really do there? This is a place where "the surf was up" is actually a perfectly legitimate reason for missing work for three days. "We demand that the corporate fatcats at Hobie pay their fair share. And give us surfboards. A boogie board in every home! Dude."